
2023 Sponsored prize winners
At all our scientific meetings and training events, we recognise outstanding oral communications and posters with a range of sponsored prizes.
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2023 Sponsored prize winners
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Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson

Emma won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for her research on 'Structure solution of a bacterial MBL domain-containing enzyme, MBLp01'.

Margaux Haon
Margaux Haon

Margaux won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for her research on 'Rational design of a hydrolase as a solution to polyamide biodegradation'.

Sarah Guiziou
Sarah Guiziou

Sarah won an oral communication prize sponsored by Oxford Nanopore Technologies for her research on 'Integrases to record gene-expression during plant development'.

Davide Salzano
Davide Salzano

Davide won a poster prize sponsored by our journal, the Biochemical Journal for his research on 'In-vivo multicellular control of gene expression in microbial consortia'.

Xiyue Leng
Xiyue Leng

Xiyue won a poster prize sponsored by our journal, Bioscience Reports for her research on 'Building a new type of protein from scratch: functional 310 helical assemblies'.

Jazz Ghataora
Jazz Ghataora

Jazz won a poster prize sponsored by Potter Clarkson for his research on 'Physiological monitoring of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae using nanopore sequencing'.

Andrey Romanyuk
Andrey Romanyuk

Andrey won a poster prize sponsored by Potter Clarkson for his research on 'Design of de novo globular proteins forming membraneless organelles in cells'.

Katherine Harper
Katherine Harper

Katherine won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Microbiology Society's Journal of General Virology for her research on 'KSHV drives the formation of paraspeckle-like condensates'.

Sylvain Tartier
Sylvain Tartier

Sylvain won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for his research on 'Unraveling the role of the HSP90/R2TP chaperone in the dynamics of biomolecular condensates'.

Rachel Hodgson
Rachel Hodgson

Rachel won a poster prize sponsored by the Microbiology Society's Journal of General Virology for her research on 'Characterising the effect of ALS-linked dipeptide-repeat (DPR) species on biomolecular condensates'.

Jie Qi (Kiki) Huang
Jie Qi (Kiki) Huang

Kiki won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for her research on 'Role of PRRC2 RNA-binding proteins in Stress Granule Assembly and Translation'.

Alexander Hall Hickman
Alexander Hall Hickman

Alex won a poster prize sponsored by QMUL Epigenetics for his research on 'Apparent RNA bridging between PRC2 and chromatin is an artifact of non-specific chromatin precipitation upon RNA degradation'.

Andreanna Wright
Andreanna Wright

Andreanna won a poster prize sponsored by QMUL Epigenetics for her research on 'Methylation is largely maintained at synthetic reporters in cancer cells despite widespread hypomethylation'.

Milda Folkmanaite
Milda Folkmanaite

Milda won a poster prize sponsored by the British Pharmacological Society for her research on 'Investigating PKA Liquid - Liquid Phase Separation in Cardiomyocytes'.

Jakub Tomek
Jakub Tomek

Jakub won a poster prize sponsored by the British Pharmacological Society for his research on 'A new general computational model of human ventricular myocyte suitable for the investigation of subcellular cAMP signalling'.

Marion Delaunay
Marion Delaunay

Marion won a poster prize sponsored by Biolog for her research on 'The role of AKAP2 signaling in stress-induced cardiac fibrosis'.

Tim Birkle
Tim Birkle

Tim won an oral communication prize sponsored by Hello Bio for his research on 'Disease phenotypic screening in neuron-glia co-cultures identifies blockers of inflammatory neurodegeneration'.

Ryan Bevan
Ryan Bevan

Ryan won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology for his research on 'Uncoupling of synaptic loss from amyloid burden by an Alzheimer’s disease protective variant of PLCγ2'.

Elina Svensson
Elina Svensson

Elina won a poster prize sponsored by Hello Bio for her research on 'TREM2 activating antibodies enhance microglial responses in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia'.

Jonathan Pansieri
Jonathan Pansieri

Jonathan won a poster prize sponsored by our journal, Neuronal Signaling for his research on 'Aβ amyloid deposits are reduced and relate to microglial inflammation in multiple sclerosis cortex'.

Theodora Constantin
Theodora Constantin

Theodora won an oral communication prize sponsored by our journal, the Biochemical Journal for her research on 'Covalent inhibitors unlock the full potential of PI3Kα targeting'.

Coralie Cayron
Coralie Cayron

Coralie won a poster prize sponsored by our journal, the Biochemical Journal for her research on 'Targeting PI3K pathway reduces metabolic flexibility and sensitises pancreatic cancer to new therapeutic strategies'.

Sabryn Hamila
Sabryn Hamila

Sabryn won a poster prize sponsored by Domainex for her research on 'A PI3K signalling effector that suppresses MHC-I antigen presentation and IFN-lambda signalling in ER+ breast cancer'.

Jonathan Gadsby
Jonathan Gadsby

Jonathan won a poster prize sponsored by Echelon for his research on 'Rebalancing phosphoinositide signals by PI3Kα inhibition restores actin organisation and improves proximal tubule dysfunction in the rare disease Lowe syndrome'.

Ana Paula Guevara-Cerdàn
Ana Paula Guevara-Cerdàn

Ana won a poster prize sponsored by iOnctura for her research on 'Investigating the Role of Class I PI3K Isoforms in the Formation & Closure of Macropinocytic Cups'.

Abdul Aziz Mhannayeh
Abdul Aziz Mhannayeh

Abdul won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for his research on 'Unraveling Tissue-Specific Sulfation Pathways Through Redox Regulation of PAPS Synthase Isoforms'.

Megan Priestley
Megan Priestley

Megan won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience for her research on 'The role of heparan sulfate and the glycocalyx in psoriasis-like skin inflammation'.

Lorna Milne
Lorna Milne

Lorna won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience for her research on 'The development of ToF-SIMS as A label free method of in situ glycosaminoglycan analysis'.

Sapir Havusha-Laufer
Sapir Havusha-Laufer

Sapir won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience for his research on 'PNN compositional heterogeneity and ultrastructure revealed'.

Idan Adir
Idan Adir

Idan won an oral communication prize sponsored by the Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience for his research on 'The role of mucosal proteoglycans in perpetuating chronic inflammation in IBD'.

Leah Fallon
Leah Fallon

Leah won an oral communication prize sponsored by BSMB for her research on 'Syndecan-4 enhances contractility and activation of pancreatic tumour and stromal cells'.

Mia Zol-Hanlon
Mia Zol-Hanlon

Mia won an oral communication prize sponsored by BSMB for her research on 'Regulation of neurotrophic GDNF signalling and receptor engagement by glycosaminoglycans'.

Catriona Haberland
Catriona Haberland

Catriona won a poster prize sponsored by the American Physiological Society's Journal of Cell Physiology for her research on 'Biomedical application of sulfatases as neutralising agents against anticoagulant activity of ultra-low molecular weight heparins (ULMWHs)'.

Sylvain Vallet
Sylvain Vallet

Sylvain won a poster prize sponsored by the American Physiological Society's Journal of Cell Physiology for his research on 'Functional and structural insights into human N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase activities'.

Catarina Marques
Catarina Marques

Catarina won a poster prize sponsored by BSMB for her research on 'Heparan Sulfate glycosyltransferases remodel the cell glycoproteome and shape gastric cancer aggressive features'.

James Hooper
James Hooper

James won a poster prize sponsored by BSMB for his research on 'Superselective cell targeting through multivalent lectin-glycan interactions'.

Valentine Esperance Aho
Valentine Esperance Aho

Valentine won a poster prize sponsored by BSMB for her research on 'Cross-linking of Heparan Sulfate induced by Proteins: structural remodeling of Glycocalyx and functional effect'.

Fatima Abrar
Fatima Abrar

Fatima won an oral communication prize sponsored by Cayman Chemicals for her research on 'Modulating Palmitoylation of p62 as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Huntington Disease'.

Lorena Mejuto Miranda
Lorena Mejuto Miranda

Lorena won a poster prize sponsored by Cayman Chemicals for her research on 'The role of ABHD13 and ABHD16A enzymes in SNAP25 depalmitoylation'.

Derek Belhuis
Derek Belhuis

Derek won an oral communication prize sponsored by UbiQ for his research on 'Mechanistic investigation into reciprocal regulation between USP37 and the E3-ligase Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome'.

Pei Yee Tey
Pei Yee Tey

Pei Yee won an oral communication prize sponsored by our journal, the Biochemical Journal for her research on 'Regulation of immune checkpoint receptor CTLA4 by the deubiquitylase USP8'.

Kim Wendrich
Kim Wendrich

Kim won a poster prize sponsored by UbiQ for her research on 'Two unusual sUSPects: Defining activity and specificity of USP53 and USP54'.

Alicia Cordova Perez
Alicia Cordova Perez

Alicia won a poster prize sponsored by Entact Bio for her research on 'Can short linear motifs mediate substrate recognition of deubiquitinases?'.

Benjamin Foster
Benjamin Foster

Ben won a poster prize sponsored by our journal, the Biochemical Journal for his research on 'The RPA complex orchestrates K63-linked deubiquitination via ZUP1'.

Joana Gomes Neto
Joana Gomes Neto

Joana won a poster prize sponsored by Company of Biologist's Journal of Cell Science for her research on 'The deubiquitylase USP31 controls the Chromosomal Passenger Complex and spindle dynamics'.

Matthew Hankins
Matthew Hankins

Matthew won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for his research on 'Structural and functional studies of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multiple Peptide Resistance Factor, MprF'.

Emma Sisley
Emma Sisley

Emma won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for her research on 'A Tailored Approach for the Analysis of Membrane Proteins from Tissue by Native Mass Spectrometry'.

Damon Griffiths
Damon Griffiths

Damon won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for his research on 'Probing membrane protein dynamics via hydrogen/deuterium exchange-cyclic ion mobility-mass spectrometry'.

Emily Annuario
Emily Annuario

Emily won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for her research on 'Mitochondrial dynamics and nucleoid distribution: implications for neuronal aging'.

Rachel Heon-Robert
Rachel Heon-Robert

Rachel won a poster prize sponsored by the Biochemical Society for her research on 'A dual CLEM and CRISPRi screening approach to understand mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease'.

Tua Karling
Tua Karling

Tua won an oral communication prize sponsored by the FEBS Journal for her research on 'Nuclear plasticity during immune cell migration within confined microenvironments in vivo'.

Buffy Eldridge-Thomas
Buffy Eldridge-Thomas

Buffy won an oral communication prize sponsored by our journal, the Biochemical Journal for her research on 'The transmembrane proteoglycan Syndecan is essential for intestinal stem cell maintenance and division'.

Nawseen Tarannum
Nawseen Tarannum

Nawseen won an oral communication prize sponsored by the British Biophysical Society for their research on 'Mechanical regulation of cell division orientation: investigating the role of nuclear mitotic apparatus protein'.

Milan Collins
Milan Collins

Milan won a poster prize sponsored by the FEBS Journal for her research on 'SKT, a Novel Mechanosensitive Cytoskeletal Protein Linking Cell Adhesion and Metabolic Signalling'.

Tiffany Lai
Tiffany Lai

Tiffany won a poster prize sponsored by our journal, the Biochemical Journal for her research on 'Phosphatase-independent functions of PTPs in regulating cell adhesion dynamics'.

Viktoriya Toncheva
Viktoriya Toncheva

Viktoriya won a poster prize sponsored by the British Biophysical Society for her research on 'Coordination between mitochondrial trafficking and mitoribosome biogenesis through Miro-MRPL20 interaction'.